| 100% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Mystery writer who (as J.D. Robb) created Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ROBERTCRAIS | 11 | Mystery writer who created private detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Mystery writer who created Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles (2 wds.) |
| 39% | IRISJOHANSEN | 12 | Mystery writer who created forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Kid-lit writer who created Fudge Hatcher and Sally J. Freedman (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HARLANCOBEN | 11 | Mystery writer who signed a five-year deal with Netflix to develop 14 of his novels as miniseries and films (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer who created Peter Rabbit and Cotton-tail: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RICHARDADAMS | 12 | Writer who created Fiver, Hazel, and their fellow rabbits in "Watership Down": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | Mystery writer who created quadriplegic forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Mystery writer who created private investigator V.I. Warshawski (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ERLE | 4 | Mystery writer who created Perry and Della |
| 31% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Kid-lit writer who created Ramona Quimby and Runaway Ralph (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Kid-lit writer who created Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Kid-lit writer who created Gooney Bird Greene and Anastasia Krupnik (2 wds.) |
| 30% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer who also wrote under the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 28% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | "Vision in White" romance novelist who also writes police procedurals as J.D. Robb: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Writer who created Captain Nemo, traveler to the submerged city of Atlantis: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NORA | 4 | Romance novelist Roberts who writes mysteries as J.D. Robb |
| 27% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery author who wrote several novels as Barbara Vine: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JILLMURPHY | 10 | British writer and illustrator who created 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 26% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | "The Bone Collector" mystery novelist who created 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BARR | 4 | American writer of mystery novels, Nevada ___ who created the fictional detective, Anna Pigeon |
| 26% | CARR | 4 | Mystery writer who created Dr. Gideon Fell |
| 26% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer behind the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 25% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | British writer and illustrator who created 15-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | PLTRAVERS | 9 | Writer born August 9, 1899, who created 33-Across and who was portrayed in 46-Across (3 wds.) |
| 25% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 25% | HILARYMANTEL | 12 | English writer who has won two Man Booker Prizes for her novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up The Bodies": 2 wds. |